VM Burns

The Plot is Murder is my debut mystery novel and its set in the fictitious city of North Harbor, Michigan. If you check the map for the state of Michigan, you’ll learn there is no such place as North Harbor. In fact, I worked very hard to make sure there wasn’t. North Harbor may not be

I love dogs. I wish I could say I’m an animal lover, but the truth is, I’m not. I’m a bit of a coward. I don’t like reptiles, rodents or anything that looks like a reptile or a rodent. Cats are okay, but the truth is they scare me too. I think my fear of

I belong to several different private Facebook groups. Like Vegas, what happens in those groups stays in the group. However, a recent discussion has been weighing on my mind. I won’t violate any secrets, but the initiating incident was published on a public blog, so I consider that fair game. A romance writer, who self

Every year one of my alma maters, Seton Hill University (SHU), offers a writing workshop called, In Your Write Mind during their summer residency. IYWM is run by alumni from the Writing Popular Fiction (WPF) Master of Fine Arts program. I graduated in January 2015 and this was my first IYWM visit. Since graduating from